Silverman is a graduate of Rutgers University and earned her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is an expert in performing skin-sparing mastectomies, an advanced surgical technique which allows immediate reconstruction to be performed by a plastic surgeon.

Goodwine, a resident of Burlingham in Sullivan County, joins the bank as a 30-year banking veteran with expertise in regulatory compliance, bank security and bank secrecy/anti-money laundering.

United Way names community coordinator - Melissa Clark has joined the community impact team of United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region. As community engagement coordinator, she will manage the volunteer program and coordination of initiatives.

Clark received a bachelor's degree in international relations from the State University of New York at New Paltz and is pursuing a master's in social policy. Clark served two year-long terms with AmeriCorps VISTA in Poughkeepsie and worked in a volunteer management capacity to alleviate poverty.

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Realtors and state senator meet - New York state Sen. Terry Gipson and his chief of staff, Brian Keeler, recently met with the governmental affairs committee and some directors of the Dutchess County Association of Realtors. The group exchanged information and ideas about proposed legislation affecting the Dutchess County economy and real estate industry.

Hospital receives accreditation award - Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, has again earned accreditation with the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for inpatient, acute rehabilitation services at the Paul Rosenthal Rehabilitation Center. This is the fourth consecutive three-year accreditation outcome that the international commission has awarded to the hospital. The Rosenthal Rehabilitation unit provides short-term inpatient rehabilitation.